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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Who Shall Ratify? The People or the States?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which issue tie up the Convention proceedings for days?
(a) How states elect members of the Senate.
(b) How states are to be governed.
(c) How states are allowed to veto Congressional decisions.
(d) How states are to be represented in Congress.

2. Why are French noblemen amazed to find Revolutionary War officers working as innkeepers?
(a) In Europe, the military is a profession.
(b) In Europe, officers only own farms.
(c) In Europe, inns are run by women.
(d) They don't realize America have inns.

3. Which delegate proposes that the positive vote of seven states constitutes ratification of the Constitution?
(a) James Wilson.
(b) James Madison.
(c) David Carroll.
(d) Pierce Butler.

4. What shocks European visitors to the Southern states?
(a) The clothing worn by the women.
(b) The slave quarters at Mount Vernon.
(c) The accents of the Southern citizens.
(d) The distance between cities.

5. Which delegate moves to postpone the vote on ratification?
(a) James Madison.
(b) Elbridge Gerry.
(c) Rufus King.
(d) Governor Morris.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which delegate wishes to establish a national university supported by Congress?

2. Where does the Constitution go after it is signed in Philadelphia?

3. Which delegate makes the motion that an address to the people accompanies the Constitution?

4. What are foreign visitors to America surprised they don't see more frequently?

5. By August 30th, what date has been set for the final adjournment?

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